I Became a Tyrant of the Defense Game - Episode 406
◈ 406. [Side Story] Flag (2)
The flag in my hand is as hot as fire and as heavy as a thousand pounds..
This is my banner).
I must bear the price of the lives of those who followed me and died..
《so?》
Raven suddenly appeared in front of me again and shouted..
《What on earth can you do with that flag in this mental world? If it were a weapon, it could stab me, and if it were an umbrella, it could block the rain! Isn’t that flag completely useless?!》
“You don't know anything, Raven..”
I grinned, grabbing the flagpole with both hands..
“If only I had this flag, I and my people would… … I can fight forever, anywhere, without giving up!”
I raised the flag high and then,
“This is the empire… … no.”
I shouted as hard as I could and slammed it into the ground..
“I declare it my territory-!”
My ultimate skill, [Declaration of Imperial Decree], was activated in the spirit world..
Wow!-!
The gray wall was not created in the mental world..
Instead, a dazzling sun rose in the dark sky, the dark clouds cleared, and the heavy rain stopped..
Under the sunny sky, Raven looked around in confusion..
《What? why… … ? Is even my mental world being invaded by your thoughts??》
The answer came from behind me.
《It's your first time working here, so you don't know much, Raven.?》
Salome appeared stumbling and smiled with a pale face..
《Infiltrating another person's mind is like building a bridge between yours and theirs..》
《……?》
《I still don't understand?》
Salome stretched out her hand and pointed around..
《Now our mental worlds are connected. In other words, you attacked Ash's mind... … Even Ash can attack your mind..》
《what?》
《If you wanted to kill your opponent, you should have prepared to be killed. It's not obvious?》
I strengthened my hand holding the flagpole..
Wow!!
Then my territory expanded, and the surrounding landscape began to change..
Not my past - Raven's past.
With his most painful memories. into his nightmare.
Images of his human days began to pass by. Raven was embarrassed and tried to stop it, but my flag was already planted in this world..
this is my territory.
《no! no! Don't look, you shouldn't look!》
“Nope?”
You read my memories too, you bastard. You persistently bit on only the part of me that hurts the most..
So - we have to exchange each other once, wouldn't it be fair??
《Don't read my memories-!》
Putting aside the desperate screams, we saw Raven's human form before our eyes..
His dreams, frustration, pain, and corruption unfolded vividly..
《Ahhhhh!》
Facing her most painful past, Raven's form began to tear apart..
***
When I came to consciousness, it was reality..
I don't know how long my struggle in the mental world lasted. I gasped and looked around..
The Crown and Nightcrawler forces have already turned into black shadows and are disappearing..
Just like when I dealt with them before, it seems that once death is confirmed, they are resurrected at another point..
And, there were other people whose entire bodies turned into black particles..
“Cough!”
“I hope you slept well, sir.?”
It was a sword demon and a spear demon that stood in front of me as if protecting me..
The two wild monsters were covered in blood all over their bodies, and their skin was melting. It seemed like he had been hit hard by Raven's plague..
“……Sword Demon. Changgui.”
“Don't make that face. We too live forever…….”
“You will be revived from the bottom village. If the guests can't kill that plague guy, they'll fall victim to the plague that has spread through the village again.…….”
“I believe you can do it as a guest. Make sure to kill that plague bastard..”
I asked while looking at the two dying so cruelly..
“Why do you trust me so much??”
the answer was simple.
“You treated us like people..”
“Before and after the world became like this, there were very few people who treated us like human beings..”
The two monsters grinned with melted faces..
And then he stopped breathing... … It turned into black smoke and disappeared..
After looking at him confusedly, I turned my head to the side. Likewise, I saw a huge beast whose body had half melted while protecting me..
“mason.”
When I called, a smile crossed his face, no longer knowing whether he was a bear, a lion, or a human..
《That's it..》
“Is there nothing more to say??”
《I already did it all.》
“For Lucas?”
《…….》
Mason, who was speechless for a moment, burst into laughter..
《If you could be forgiven just by changing your mind at the last moment, how much easier would life be in this world??》
“…….”
《I am still a traitor to the McGregor family and an enemy of the Crossroads. Long ago I strayed from the ways of man.》
Mason chanted in a dying voice..
《but… … But in the end, I want to die for something beautiful.》
His eyes, the light of life fading away, turned to me..
《Your flag is beautiful. majesty. so.》
Mason's body slowly fell forward..
《Please don't let it end…….》
thud-
Mason fell forward and stopped moving..
“…….”
he was my enemy.
But, he died for my flag..
So I decided to remember Mason..
While looking around at the party members who died protecting me, I suddenly turned my head back. It was because I heard the last party member moaning in pain..
《Haha, ugh.……!》
“Salome?”
Salome collapsed right behind me..
As I approached, Salome smiled with a pale face and her mouth trembled..
《Haha, you pretend to be strong on the outside, but why is your heart really so weak? … You almost died while holding an umbrella for me.…….》
Then I realized.
While the other three protected my body, Salome protected my spirit..
Raven showed me my weakness - the deaths of my comrades in the form of a nightmare, and Salome helped me overcome that nightmare... … Following the nightmare, it showed other colleagues overcoming death and rising to their feet..
Thanks to you I was able to get my flag back.
《lol. how is it. Still, it was quite helpful to me.……?》
“…….”
Salome is a mental body.
When your mind recovers, your body heals, and when your mind takes a hit, your body also gets hurt. It's that kind of existence..
This guy was trying to help me in the spirit world... … It has become a mess..
《Rather, be careful.…….》
Salome said urgently.
《Because Raven isn't finished yet.…….》
“……?!”
At the same time, the nightmare corps commander's unique morale arose, overflowing. I glanced in that direction..
《baby… … pee…….》
Raven was there..
Although it was shriveled beyond comparison from before, it was still radiating the terrible energy of illness. I was gathering momentum..
《You, only you... … I will definitely kill you…….》
I laughed and got up and stood in front of him..
“We share embarrassing memories with each other, Raven..”
《Don't talk nonsense……!》
Raven seemed horribly humiliated to have her past revealed. The smog-like figure is trembling..
but i wasn't.
Let’s read his past… … I felt pity for him..
“You and I look alike, Raven..”
《……what?》
Raven said it was absurd, but I was sincere..
He and I look exactly alike.
While trying to protect people, he ran into the wall of reality and chose to become a monster in order to change this reality..
Tried to give up being human,
Extremely weak, weak coward.
There is only one difference between him and me..
Before it became a monster, was there someone who could stop it?.
At that moment, I had good people who helped me remain as a person. There were colleagues who stopped me from crossing the line..
But Raven lost all her allies..
So I remained human, and Raven became a monster..
“If I didn't have my friends, I would have become a monster like you..”
Living as a person is difficult.
It is a task that involves endlessly climbing the high, endless stairs of oaths, morals, and laws, holding on to sore legs and out of breath..
So the weak give up the difficult path and become monsters..
An easy downhill path that you can live without worrying about anymore... … falls by itself.
I was weak too.
That's why I tried to break the flag. I tried to become a monster, not a person.
But now I realized it again and decided again..
Never again... … I won't let go of this flag.
《Don't brag too much, human.……!》
When I looked at him with pity, Raven seethed as if she felt humiliated..
《I will rot you. I will definitely rot you away... … Even the last piece of your flag! I will make everyone rot like me.-!》
Raven rushed at me again..
But after the conflict in the mental world, I already had an idea of how to deal with him..
Body and soul are gone, but.
For Raven, ‘spirit’ is… … ‘Heart’ remains.
Just attack it.
I closed my eyes and then opened them..
Kiiiiing!
With a blue flash, [Mystical Eye of Command] was activated, and my will penetrated to dominate its mind..
but.
I'm crying!
failed.
Now that the system window is stuck, the success rate of [Mystic Eyes of Command] is not displayed..
I just tried to attack recklessly, ignoring the unknown odds..
“doesn't care.”
I grinned as I wiped away my nosebleed..
“I'll do it until it's done.”
This is the only means of attacking this guy I have right now..
If so, until you succeed.
Don't stop, just keep on attacking……!
《Do you think I'll just watch, you fool?!》
Raven's black mist swept over my body..
His plague was definitely outside the standard. My mental barrier melted, and my body, which had been holding on to the panacea effect, began to take a hit..
But it's worth holding on to.
From the beginning, my mental defense and poison defense were strong, almost invincible. Even though it was gradually being eaten away by the plague and was collapsing, it was bearable..
“Raven. You evolved into the plague itself.”
I grinned as I prepared for the next [Mystical Eye of Command].
“In other words, your only means of attack now is plague. yes?”
《……!》
Raven abandoned everything and transformed into a transcendent plague. In the process, he lost all of his other existing means of attack..
in other words… … He has no other pattern other than rotting his opponent..
“Will it be faster for my body and mind to rot, or will it be sooner for you to break through into my heart??”
It's such a simple fight.
Kiiiiing!
A blue flash flashed before my eyes again. And just as he infiltrated my mind, I attempted to infiltrate his mind..
I'm crying!
failed.
Blood is gushing out inside. Does not matter. hold on.
Another flash, next try.
Kiiiiing!
Pachichik……!
failure.
hold on.
My head is pounding. I feel like my insides are burning. Is this pain a rebound from failure? Is this a damn plague??
Does not matter.
If this is the only move I have, I'll just swing it until it works..
Take a look…….
Hehehe……!
Raven's mental barrier was also not perfect, perhaps because of the previous situation. I clearly sensed that the guy blocking my attack was losing mental strength..
one more shot.
one more shot.
One more room……!
“Cluck, cluck!”
I coughed up a handful of blood..
Raven sneered when she saw me stumbling around holding the flagpole..
《You stupid bastard! You are urging people to do so. If you stay still, you can endure more. Are you going to waste all your strength and commit suicide??》
“okay.”
《what?》
“I don't care if I die.”
Taking a deep breath, I prepared the next [Mystical Eye of Command].
I'm serious. I am ready to die now.
Killing monsters and trying to protect people is what raised that flag,
I am not alone.
At first, I was the only one raising the flag, but soon countless people gathered under that flag.…….
They all put their hands together and raised their flag together..
To protect our precious world.
‘My flag already belongs to everyone.’
So, even if I tried to break it by myself, I couldn't break it..
Even if I'm gone, it will definitely continue on to everyone..
Because I clearly saw everyone standing up holding their own flags..
Just as I inherited the legacy of the dead. Even if I die here, our flag and will will continue..
My death is not game over.
The game continues. As long as those who inherit my flag do not give up.
When I thought of the faces of my trustworthy colleagues, a smile formed on my face without me realizing it..
my pretty people.
We can't let this dirty plague spread to those people..
“Raven. I can't allow a dangerous plague like you to be unleashed on the world..”
you must die here.
If what I can do by sacrificing my life is mutual destruction with you, then that's fine..
I'm willing to do that..
Kiiiiing!
I used the following [Mystic Eyes of Command],
Damn it……!
Finally, a big crack appeared in Raven's mental barrier..
《Pfft……?!》
The guy flinched back as if he was scared..
I swiped my blood-covered lips with the back of my hand, smirked, and raised one corner of my mouth..
“Let's die together, in this hell……!”
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